PORTLAND, Ore. --- The Portland Pilots are asking you to join the global, unified effort to raise breast cancer awareness and funding at its annual “Play 4Kay” game, which is set for Saturday night against Saint Mary’s at the Chiles Center. Fans are encouraged to join the Pilots and Gaels in wearing pink to the game.
 
All fans wearing pink will receive free entry into the game, which is set to tip-off at 7 p.m. Pink wrist bracelets, as well as other information and hand-outs, will be available to fans as they enter the Chiles Center.
 
The University of Portland has partnered with Providence Cancer Center for the Play4Kay promotion. Dr. Ali Colin, a Providence oncologist, will welcome Pilot fans to this special event.
 
The Kay Yow Cancer Fund is a charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against women's cancers through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.
 
The Play4Kay games, formerly known as “Think Pink” and “The PinkZone”, are in honor of former North Carolina State women's basketball coach who battled breast cancer three times in her life and passed away in 2009. Since its inception in 2007, the Play 4Kay initiative has raised over $2 million to support women's cancer research.

The 2013 Play 4Kay initiative, February 8-18, is an opportunity for a nation of coaches to raise breast cancer awareness and funds for scientific research on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.
 
For more information, please visit www.Play4Kay.org.